干し柿

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See also: 乾し柿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
干 柿
ほ
Grade: 6 		かき > がき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
干柿
乾し柿
乾し柿 (hoshigaki): hanging dried persimmons
乾し柿 (hoshigaki): cut and prepared dried persimmons

Etymology

From 干し (hoshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 干す (hosu), “to dry, desiccate”) +‎ 柿 (kaki, “persimmon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

干(ほ)し柿(がき) • (hoshigaki) 

  1. dried persimmon

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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